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870634

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
The photon-absorption method (Cameron-Sorenson) is commonly used in the diagnosis of osteoporosis to measure bone mineral in appendicular bones. Although this method gives accurate and reproducible results when applied to the distal radius and midradius, separation between osteoporotic patients and age-matched normals was less than satisfactory because of a large overlap. By contrast, a radiographic index based on the pattern of trabecular bone at the proximal femur (Singh index) gave a better separation between the two populations. The Singh index discriminates better, probably because osteoporotic patients have a greater proportion of loss of trabecular bone of the axial skeleton than of cortical bone of the appendicular skeleton.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0161-5505
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
432-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis of osteoporosis: usefulness of photon absorptiometry at the radius.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.